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[dturner]

Originally Posted by scandalex

Decisions..... decisions

I know. Life is rough isn't it.

[scandalex]

Interesting thing though, I dont need it= just want one. I was the same way with the iPhone- had no need for one, just wanted to have one of my own; until I got bored with it and sold it to a coworker.

My Apple fixation started with the iPod and really grew with the iPhone. Based on so much of what I've read and my own use, Macs are just a thing of beauty.

[geordisjd]

Originally Posted by acosmichippo

well, I mean i don't see CDs or DVDs being around much longer. Everything is gravitating to a purely digital distribution... music, movies, software...

i personally like having "hard" copies of media... are there enough people like myself to justify keeping them around? who knows.

anyway, i think the MBA is apple's way of predicting this trend... just a little too early for most people.

I think you're right. The MBA is the first of a line that is showing us the future of digital life. Hi-speed wifi will be everywhere... eventually. Apple didn't include the drive, because it wants us to get everything from iTunes in the future. More money for them, nothing wrong with it. DVD's and CD's will go the to the same place videotapes and records/tapes went.
Apple was also the first computer to let go of the long forgotten floppy drive.

[scandalex]

Originally Posted by geordisjd

I think you're right. The MBA is the first of a line that is showing us the future of digital life. Hi-speed wifi will be everywhere... eventually. Apple didn't include the drive, because it wants us to get everything from iTunes in the future. More money for them, nothing wrong with it. DVD's and CD's will go the to the same place videotapes and records/tapes went.
Apple was also the first computer to let go of the long forgotten floppy drive.

But you cant remove the fact that many people prefer NOT to download their music/movies. Apple may want them to, yet at the same time, cannot define how someone spends whats in their pockets.

[acosmichippo]

yep. i buy 99.9% of my music as CDs. I only download from iTunes if it's something other people want me to listen to, or if a particular song i want is on a compilation of some sort (like soundtracks).


i do get some TV shows from iTunes... mostly standup comedy from comedy central.

i just like having a wall full of Cds and DVDs. I suspect if i was born in the LP age, i'd still be buying them.

[geordisjd]

Originally Posted by scandalex

But you cant remove the fact that many people prefer NOT to download their music/movies. Apple may want them to, yet at the same time, cannot define how someone spends whats in their pockets.

No, not now. But give it a few years.

[southpawace024]

just got the MBAir today. I love it. I have the MBPro as well, but i have to admit this thing is slick and apple really hooked me up. I traded in a problem MB and they credited me and gave me this MBA!

[jpetticrew]

Originally Posted by southpawace024

just got the MBAir today. I love it. I have the MBPro as well, but i have to admit this thing is slick and apple really hooked me up. I traded in a problem MB and they credited me and gave me this MBA!

Lucky dog.